Early network Bridges, protocol converters, and routers were simple dedicated hardware units typically configured through a terminal directly connected to a serial port on the unit itself.

早期的网桥、协议转换器和路由器都是简单的专用硬件设备，通常是通过直接连接到该设备本身串口的终端来配置的。

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The number of telephone lines connecting the subscriber's terminal equipment to the public switched network and which have a dedicated port in the telephone exchange equipment.

连接用户终端设备和公用交换网并具有一个电话交换设备专用端口的电话线数。

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Your mobile phone, acting as a store of your credit card data, sends it wirelessly to a nearby receiver, which could be another phone, a dedicated terminal, or a payments module embedded in, say, a vending machine.

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